"An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backwards.  So, when life is dragging you back with difficulties,  it means that it's going to launch you into something great. So just focus and keep aiming."

Anonymous

Current Obsession (VII): Mumford and Sons

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"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see."

John Burroughs

"Our differences, they do a lot to teach us how to use the tools and gifts we got, yeah, we got a lot at stake. We had to learn how to bend without the world caving in. I had to learn what I've got, and what I'm not, and who I am."

Jason Mraz, I Won't Give Up (Continued)

"Yeah, I break for birds. I rock a lot of polka dots. And I have touched glitter in the last twenty-four hours.

I'm sorry I don't talk like Murphy Brown and I hate your pant suit. I wish it had ribbons on it or something to make it just slightly cuter. And that doesn't mean that im not smart, and tough, and strong."

Zooey Deschanel as Jess on The New Girl

"Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all, but lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall. Lend me your eyes I can change what you see, but your soul you must keep totally free."

Mumford & Sons, Awake My Soul

"It's better than sunshine. It's better than moonshine. Damn sure better than the rain."

Warren Haynes, Soul Shine

"Always keep a bottle of champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes the special occasion is that you've got a bottle of champagne in the fridge."

Hester Browne

"When you love somebody but bite your tongue all you get is a mouthful of blood."

Fruit Bats, When You Love Somebody

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"Cry as hard as you want to. Just make sure that when you're finished, you never cry for the same reason again."

Anonymous

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*I wish someone had told me this a year ago.

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"Imperfections are beauty, madness is genius, and silly is better than boring."

Marilyn Monroe

"You're going to come across people in your life who will say all of the right words at all of the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter."

Nicholas Sparks, The Rescue

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"I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."

Bill Cosby

"There should be a course in first grade on love."

Andy Warhol

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"Many are the weak and the strong are few, but with the water, we'll start anew."

Grace Potter, Nothing But the Water (I)

"I want a simple love like that; always giving, never asking back. For when I'm in my final hour looking back, I hope I had a simple love like that."

Allison Krauss, Simple Love